Instructional help in an application or system development environment that guides the user through a series of multiple choice questions to accomplish a task. For the most part, wizards are more effective than the help menus found in most applications, which often border on the atrocious. However, a quality wizard requires an intelligent sequence of steps and clear questions. See help system.
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